Re: [PATCH v3 10/13] mm/huge_memory: separate out the folio part of zap_huge_pmd()

Suren Baghdasaryan
2026-03-28T19:20:48Z

On Fri, Mar 20, 2026 at 10:59 PM Baolin Wang
<baolin.wang@linux.alibaba.com> wrote:
>
>
>
> On 3/21/26 2:07 AM, Lorenzo Stoakes (Oracle) wrote:
> > Place the part of the logic that manipulates counters and possibly updates
> > the accessed bit of the folio into its own function to make zap_huge_pmd()
> > more readable.
> >
> > Also rename flush_needed to is_present as we only require a flush for
> > present entries.
> >
> > Additionally add comments as to why we're doing what we're doing with
> > respect to softleaf entries.
> >
> > This also lays the ground for further refactoring.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Lorenzo Stoakes (Oracle) <ljs@kernel.org>
> > ---
> > mm/huge_memory.c | 61 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++---------------------
> > 1 file changed, 35 insertions(+), 26 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/mm/huge_memory.c b/mm/huge_memory.c
> > index 673d0c4734ad..9ddf38d68406 100644
> > --- a/mm/huge_memory.c
> > +++ b/mm/huge_memory.c
> > @@ -2325,6 +2325,37 @@ static inline void zap_deposited_table(struct mm_struct *mm, pmd_t *pmd)
> > mm_dec_nr_ptes(mm);
> > }
> >
> > +static void zap_huge_pmd_folio(struct mm_struct *mm, struct vm_area_struct *vma,
> > + pmd_t pmdval, struct folio *folio, bool is_present,
> > + bool *has_deposit)
> > +{
> > + const bool is_device_private = folio_is_device_private(folio);
> > +
> > + /* Present and device private folios are rmappable. */
> > + if (is_present || is_device_private)
> > + folio_remove_rmap_pmd(folio, &folio->page, vma);
> > +
> > + if (folio_test_anon(folio)) {
> > + *has_deposit = true;
> > + add_mm_counter(mm, MM_ANONPAGES, -HPAGE_PMD_NR);
> > + } else {
> > + add_mm_counter(mm, mm_counter_file(folio),
> > + -HPAGE_PMD_NR);
> > +
> > + /*
> > + * Use flush_needed to indicate whether the PMD entry
> > + * is present, instead of checking pmd_present() again.
> > + */
> > + if (is_present && pmd_young(pmdval) &&
> > + likely(vma_has_recency(vma)))
> > + folio_mark_accessed(folio);
>
> Nit: these comments were added by me to explain why 'flush_needed' was
> used:). Since it has been renamed to the more readable 'is_present',
> these comments are now redundant and can be removed.
>
> With that,
> Reviewed-by: Baolin Wang <baolin.wang@linux.alibaba.com>

Reviewed-by: Suren Baghdasaryan <surenb@google.com>